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slashdot, 3 days ago to random

Big Copyright Win in Canada: Court Rules Fair Use Beats Digital Locks https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/06/09/2111258/big-copyright-win-in-canada-court-rules-fair-use-beats-digital-locks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

jwz, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

Before they will let me publish a new release of XScreenSaver on the "Play" [sic] store, Google, the most rapacious privacy violator ever, insists that a screensaver have a privacy policy.

This is where you come in!

I'd like this policy to be a series of bullet points: "Unlike Google, XScreenSaver will not [Thing.] An endless, concise catalog of their sins.

I need both your snark AND a link supporting your snark. It's critical for the joke to land. Include both.

GO!!

https://jwz.org/b/ykUc

eniko, 6 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

it's only called copilot+ pc in the redmond, washington region of the USA, otherwise it's just sparkling spyware

zackwhittaker, 5 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

NEW, by me: LendingTree has confirmed its QuoteWizard subsidiary had data stolen from cloud data giant Snowflake.

It's the latest company, after Ticketmaster, to confirm a data breach hosted by Snowflake.

Throughout the week, TechCrunch sent more than a dozen questions to Snowflake about the ongoing incident. Snowflake declined to answer our questions on at least six occasions.

These are some of the questions we asked Snowflake, and why we're asking them.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/07/snowflake-ticketmaster-lendingtree-customer-data-breach/

kepano, 5 days ago to random

Obsidian is local, offline, and privacy-first, so we won't consider adding AI features until they can fit with the principles in our Manifesto.

In the meantime, there are dozens of awesome #Obsidian plugins that allow you to work with LLMs.

https://obsidian.md/about

zackwhittaker, 5 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

Every time I receive some bullshit "expert commentary" from a PR agency — and there's been no shortage this week — I die a little inside. And then I add the entire PR agency's domain to my Gmail block list and forget they ever existed.

If you're wondering how to set up your own blocklist, I posted this some months ago. https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/111466170745335870

ai6yr, 6 days ago to random

118F at Furnace Creek, Death Valley National Park at 6/6/24 2pm. Unsure if the hottest part of the day was earlier or coming up... forecast to 121F. #DeathValleyNationalPark #DeathValley #heatwave #CAwx

slashdot, 6 days ago to random

FBI Recovers 7,000 LockBit Keys, Urges Ransomware Victims To Reach Out https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/06/06/1921215/fbi-recovers-7000-lockbit-keys-urges-ransomware-victims-to-reach-out?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

bagder, 6 days ago to random

If you have libcurl usage questions, prepare for my "advanced #libcurl" webinar on Thursday June 13 - and hit me up.

slashdot, 7 days ago to random

'Microsoft Has Lost Trust With Its Users and Windows Recall is the Straw That Broke the Camel's Back' https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/06/06/1626228/microsoft-has-lost-trust-with-its-users-and-windows-recall-is-the-straw-that-broke-the-camels-back?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

slashdot, 7 days ago to random

US Regulators To Open Antitrust Inquiries of Microsoft, OpenAI and Nvidia https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/06/06/1442223/us-regulators-to-open-antitrust-inquiries-of-microsoft-openai-and-nvidia?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

interfluidity, 8 days ago to random

even if you never use a microsoft product, people you interact with whom you trust, who may intend to respect your confidences, will unwittingly be running recall.

ezio, 8 days ago to random

thanks for telling me how to bypass copy protection avermedia

arnfinnp, 9 days ago to random

Adobe introduces the One Click Stalin tool.

pluralistic, 8 days ago to random

My God, what have I done?

A boom box in a spotlight on a black stage with a red curtain backdrop. It's the pantages theater screening of Stop Making Sense.
Me with a boom box in a spotlight on a black stage with a red curtain backdrop. It's the pantages theater screening of Stop Making Sense.

Cmastication, 9 days ago to random

Microsoft does so much so well these days. But this Microsoft Recall product is like watching a grown man carefully placing his hand in a door jamb and then repeatedly slamming the door on it. Obviously stupid from conception.

From: @SecurityWriter
https://infosec.exchange/@SecurityWriter/112558224281615019

arstechnica, 8 days ago to random

GameStop stock influencer Roaring Kitty may lose access to E-Trade, report says

E-Trade fears restricting influencer's trading may trigger boycott, sources say.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/gamestop-stock-influencer-roaring-kitty-may-lose-access-to-e-trade-report-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ai6yr, 8 days ago to random

🤔

"GA Camden County Emergency Management Agency: Camden EMA: Reported AT&T cellular outage may affect Cell phone calls to 911. Dial 912 729 1442 for emergencies in Camden County."

*WEA/EAS is sent out via cell phone, so if the cell phone network is down, no one will get that message.

tech, 8 days ago to tech

#tech #infosec #heldesk #photos #memes #cloud #sysadmin #images #funny

shodan, 9 days ago to random

Experimental UI that is optimized for IP lookups and website load speed: https://shdn.io/analyze?target=1.1.1.1

simplenomad, 8 days ago to infosec

Sounds like a very cool project. The only problem with it is that there is no reference to Kuato (IYKYK).

https://github.com/xaitax/TotalRecall

#infosec #security

ylegall, 9 days ago to random

three body system

video/mp4

18+ ai6yr, 9 days ago to random

Apparently they threw in the towel on the porn bots over there at the service-owned-by-right-wing-billionaire and said the service-formerly-known-as-Twitter is basically "whatever porn you want to post, go ahead"

ai6yr, 9 days ago to random

SCE: Test Alerts Coming ⚠️ Dear Neighbors, from June 4-7, we are testing our Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) notification system to confirm recent improvements.

Since we are testing all phases of PSPS notifications, we’ll need to send multiple test emails to a limited number of customers in high fire risk areas.

NOTE: No power will be shut off in connection with these tests.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
These tests are important for us to be able to improve customer communications during PSPS events.

Additional information can be found here: https://www.sce.com/wildfire/psps/pspstest #wildfires #grid #sce #psps

sundogplanets, 1 month ago to random

I am talking o a reporter about this in a couple hours: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/from-outer-space-sask-farmers-baffled-after-discovering-strange-wreckage-in-field-1.6880353

This is about an hour away from my farm, so this'll be a fun conversation, and yet another great opportunity to tell a lot of people about what a huge problem we have with unregulated commercialization of orbit. (Also I just redid my slides for my public talk next week, this is going in!)